Mastering

Twenty-five years of mastering for digital and analog formats, well over a thousand records.

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TurnaroundSingles usually take under a week. Albums one to two.Send a brief, get a quote

How it works

01Send a note through the contact form with what the project is, how many songs, the formats you need, and when you need it.
02I reply with a turnaround and a quote.
03Digital masters for streaming and download. Vinyl pre-masters cut to the plant’s spec, with side splits and a cue sheet.

Certified

RIAA Platinum singleSufjan Stevens, Mystery of Love
Academy Award nominee, Best Original Song; Grammy nominee, Best Song Written for Visual Media
RIAA Platinum singleNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, S.O.B.
4× Platinum in Canada
RIAA Platinum singleBasement, Covet
RIAA Gold albumNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Platinum in Canada and Switzerland

Clients include

Sufjan Stevens
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
The Shins
Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie)
Cold War Kids
Damien Jurado
Kristin Hersh
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Pernice Brothers
Starflyer 59
J. Tillman (Father John Misty)
Pedro the Lion / David Bazan
Basement

Production & tools

Production: Starflyer 59 · Lo Tom (second album).

I also build the tools I master with: Fruitless Research plugins measure what they do to the signal, because I wanted to see the numbers myself.